Contractions will be easy to teach with this contractions mini unit. Included is a great powerpoint that works as a visual aid to help introduce your contractions unit. Also included are a variety of center activities, pocket chart activity, printables and a craftivity – many resources that are great for whole class teaching, literacy centers, small groups and individual work.
In this unit contractions are taught using a story of a scientist that discovered she could shorten words using an apostrophe. By using the powerpoint to convey the story and how contractions are created, the scientist turns the experiment over to the students who will go about creating contractions at the literacy center, cutting up words and gluing them to a flask creating a "contraction reaction."
You will engage even your most hard to engage learner!! Teach. Encourage. Inspire.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.2.C

Can you believe it is almost the 100th day of school! Time sure does fly! The supportive documents in this resource will help you plan a week or a day of celebrations with TWENTY TWO 100 days of school stations!
Choose the stations that are no prep (except for the printables) or choose from a couple of the stations that require things you probably already have like pom poms, cereal, and solo cups.
Students will use their imagination, build structures, 100 day crafts, creative writing, play math games and research life 100 years ago at the library or online.
It is a well rounded 100 day celebration pack that you can get up and going now!
Some of the stations included are:
1) 100 Number Art
2) 100 Things You Like About Yourself
3) Brainstorm 100 interesting facts
4) 100 Cards for a Nursing home
and so much more!

Starting the month with Acrostic poems is a great way for students to use their senses to help them come up with words to describe the month.
The set is differentiated with 3 different writing lines best suited for your students.

Kids Discover the Five Senses Using Fun Science Exploration

Observational skills are key to science exploration. This unit gives students an introduction to how we use our senses to explore the world. A very important skill to becoming a successful scientist.
In this unit students will dive deep and explore one sense at a time. I recommended exploring one sense at a time, each on a different day. A great way to introduce this unit is to talk about how we experience the world.
Writing Paper (Pages 8-9)
Pocket Chart (Pages 10-13)
We explore the world with our senses. We touch, taste, hear, see, and smell.
Vocabulary (Pages 14-16)
Sense of Touch (Pages 17-24)
Sense of Smell (pages 25-29)
Sense of Taste (Pages 30-36)
Sense of Sight (Pages 31-41)
Sense of Hearing (pages 42-44)
Listening Activity with MP3 included in packet
Senses Assessment Activities (Pages 45-55)

Sight word practice using 25 high frequency words - see the list below.
There are three activities included. The first sight word activity is meant to be introduced in class then sent home to be practiced independently. Write the sight word to complete the sentence then read sentence four times and color a pumpkin in after each successful reading.
The second activity is color by sight words. This is a fun way to reinforce sight words and get fine motor practice in.
The third is a great center activity. Print out the cards and laminate. Your students will read, trace and write the word they chose on the worksheet.
SIGHT WORD LIST
My
See
I
Look
At
Have
A
She
He
Is
The
For
You
Where
Big
And
This
Like
Can
Go
To
We
At
With
Little
Are
Play
Said
Come
Help
Down
Away
Jump

What exactly makes something living?
Students will investigate and reflect. Download the preview to see all of the contents.
Powerpoint to Introduce the unit
Pages 4-5 Interactive Notebook
-Header Cut-Out
-KWL Cut-Out
-Characteristics of Living Things Petal Fold
-Needs of Living Things: Students Can Write Examples of…
-Example Specimen: Students write examples under the nonliving/living flaps
-What are all organisms made of? Students write cells.
-Journal Prompt
-Worksheet: What is a living thing?
-Living Things Outside: Which are has more living things? LAB
-Graphic Organizer “I am Living.”
-Writing / Research Connection
Students will choose an organism and research.
-Color photograph sorting cards and activity “Read the Room” QR CODES
-Word Wall and Activities

This packet contains a powerpoint to introduce the concept of number bonds as well as printables to help practice and reinforce number bonds. Your students will get a thorough explanation and understanding of number bonds which is an important concept in the Common Core and integral part of Singapore Math & Math in Focus.
CCSS 1.OA.3
CCSS 1.OA.C.6
CCSS 1.OA.8
CCSS 2.OA.2
Included:
Introductory Powerpoint: "How Could Dad Split the Candies?"
Page 3: Anchor for powerpoint
Page 4-5: Worksheets to accompany the powerpoint
Page 6-8: Math center and/or group activity working with bonds (each student will need a funsize pack of M&M's.
Page 9: Missing Part/Number
Page 10-11: Putting Parts Together
Page 12-15: Math Centers (Dice & Domino)
Page 16: Number Bond: True or False
Page 17: Choose the parts & whole
Page 18: How many bananas are in the bag (presentation/anchor)
Page 19: Find the Missing Part
Page 20: Whole-Part-Part (can be used as an assessment)

Presidents Day for First Grade is a great unit you can use the week of Presidents Day. It focuses on George Washington.
The preview has photos of the product!
Included are the following:
SOCIAL STUDIES / ELA:
Interactive Reader “Our First President”
Color George Washington by Number
George Washington “was/had/wanted” Chart
George Washington “was/did/had” Chart
All About George Washington Question Sheet
Nouns & Adjectives Cut, Sort & Paste Activity
Adjectives that describe Washington Chart
Fact or Opinion Worksheet
Washington & The Cherry Tree Questions (Story is not included, but can be found online.)
Pledge of Honesty Contract & Faces
You can print out the faces and have your student draw their own OR I have included the .png file. Just open insert your students picture behind the file using a graphic editing program and print! Print, cut out, use tape to tape it to your student after they have signed the pledge.
MATH
How many dollars? Math worksheet
Cherry Fact Families Math Center : Print & laminate cards. Students will use the cards to complete the worksheet.